Hacker News with Generative AI: Steam

SteamOS 3.7.8 Brings Official Support to Non-Steam Deck Devices (boilingsteam.com)
SteamOS 3.7.8 was just released a couple of days ago and it comes with a long list of updates. One of the most important developments is the official support of Non-Steam Deck devices.

Operating Systems, Gaming, Steam, Linux, Hardware

18 points by ekianjo 31 days ago | 0 comments

Valve takes another step toward making SteamOS a true Windows competitor (arstechnica.com)
Valve continues to plan for a SteamOS future that goes beyond the Steam Deck.

Operating Systems, Gaming, Steam, Windows, Competition

148 points by austinallegro 35 days ago | 151 comments

Cyberpunk 2077 now reached 'overwhelmingly positive' reviews on Steam after 5yrs (mastodon.social)

Video Games, Cyberpunk 2077, Steam, Reviews

8 points by evolve2k 36 days ago | 1 comments

Show HN: Self-Funded Game with Homemade Engine – Play Online, Steam Coming (bereprobate.com)
Shining pixels and brushing up bytes...

Games, Indie Games, Programming, Steam

23 points by delduca 42 days ago | 19 comments

A note about the security of your Steam account (steampowered.com)
The account details of 89 million Steam users have reportedly been hacked.

Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Gaming, Steam

16 points by taubek 44 days ago | 8 comments

A note about the security of your Steam account (steampowered.com)

Security, Gaming, Steam

6 points by haunter 44 days ago | 1 comments

89M Steam account details just got leaked (xda-developers.com)

Data Breaches, Security, Gaming, Steam

10 points by github3012 44 days ago | 1 comments

Valve Releases Updated Proton 10.0 Beta for Testing (phoronix.com)
Last week Valve introduced Proton 10.0 beta as the newest version of their Wine-derived software for Steam Play that enables countless Windows games to run well for Linux gamers on the desktop and with the extremely popular Steam Deck.

Software, Gaming, Linux, Open Source, Steam

6 points by Bender 52 days ago | 0 comments

Dwarf Fortress has surpassed 1M sales on Steam (bsky.app)

Gaming, Steam, Indie Games

7 points by haunter 72 days ago | 0 comments

Dwarf Fortress Coming to Steam Changed Everything [video] (youtube.com)

Video Games, Steam, Dwarf Fortress

51 points by danso 84 days ago | 8 comments

Building and Publishing Games to Steam Directly from GitHub Actions (nullonerror.org)
I have been using GitHub Actions extensively both at work and in personal projects, as shown in this post What I’ve been automating with GitHub Actions, an automated life.

Game Development, GitHub Actions, Steam, Automation

47 points by delduca 96 days ago | 19 comments

Game listed on Steam has a demo that is a virus (reddit.com)
Not sure where to post this but thought this should be brought to light.

Gaming, Security, Steam, Malware

5 points by danso 102 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: I scrape Steam data every month and it's yours to download for free (gginsights.io)
Leverage the power of AI to help answer your questions about the Steam market and become a data expert, transforming data into actionable insights.

Data Analysis, Gaming, Steam, AI, Web Scraping

161 points by csmets 123 days ago | 60 comments

Amazon thought it could compete with Steam because it was much larger than Valve (pcgamer.com)
"Just because you are big enough to build something doesn’t mean people will use it."

Amazon, Steam, Gaming Industry, Business, Competition

39 points by wapasta 126 days ago | 19 comments

Steam now warns you if an 'early access' PC game might be abandoned (theverge.com)
Steam’s early access program helps small to medium-sized developers get an idea off the ground, but not every game actually does. Now, Valve has a notice designed to warn Steam users when they visit an early access game’s store page if it’s been a minute since the last update.

Gaming, Steam, Early Access, Video Games

10 points by 01-_- 131 days ago | 1 comments

Nearly half of Steam's users are still using Windows 10 (pcguide.com)
Microsoft has already announced that after October 14, 2025, they will no longer provide free software updates, technical assistance, or security fixes for Windows 10. This means that in just a few months, Windows 10 will join the list of unsupported operating systems alongside Windows 8.1 and Windows 7. However, a significant portion of users, especially gamers, are not willing to switch to Windows 11, at least not yet.

Windows 10, Gaming, Operating Systems, Microsoft, Steam

83 points by Sontho 133 days ago | 147 comments

SteamOS Comes to the Lenovo Legion Go S – Is This a Steam Machines 2.0 Moment? (boilingsteam.com)
At the CES 2025 in January, Lenovo has announced the upcoming release of a SteamOS based device under its Legion Go branding, following the first device they released a couple of years back that had a huge screen and Switch-like design with removable controllers.

Gaming, Steam, Hardware, CES

45 points by ekianjo 134 days ago | 0 comments

Valve Bans Forced In-Game Ads from All Steam Titles (kotaku.com)
Valve has now made it abundantly clear that anything like this on its PC store means an instant ban.

Gaming, Valve, Advertising, Steam

9 points by stalfosknight 137 days ago | 5 comments

Steam makes its ban on in-game ads explicit (pcgamer.com)

Gaming, Advertising, Steam

84 points by nabla9 137 days ago | 53 comments

Blocking Linux/Steam in Apex Legends led to 'meaningful reduction' in cheaters (gamingonlinux.com)
Back in October 2024, Respawn announced they were blocking Apex Legends on Linux platforms (including Steam Deck). Apparently this has worked quite well for them.

Gaming, Linux, Anti-Cheating, Apex Legends, Steam

6 points by em-bee 140 days ago | 2 comments

Steam Now Warns Players If Early Access Games Aren't Updated for over a Year (uploadvr.com)
Steam now issues a warning to players if an early access game hasn't been updated for over a year.

Gaming, Steam, Early Access, Updates

7 points by LorenDB 142 days ago | 0 comments

Valve will officially let you install SteamOS on other handhelds as of April (theverge.com)
SteamOS was always supposed to be bigger than Valve’s own Steam Deck, and 2025 is the year it finally expands.

Gaming, Operating Systems, Steam, Hardware, Valve

13 points by pjmlp 171 days ago | 1 comments

SteamOS officially expands past the Steam Deck (arstechnica.com)
Almost exactly a year ago, we were publicly yearning for the day when more portable gaming PC makers could ditch Windows in favor of SteamOS (without having to resort to touchy unofficial workarounds). Now, that day has finally come, with Lenovo announcing the upcoming Legion Go S as the first non-Valve handheld to come with an officially licensed copy of SteamOS preinstalled.

Gaming, Steam, Operating Systems, Handheld Gaming, Lenovo

20 points by infotainment 171 days ago | 2 comments

Only 15% of all Steam users' time was spent playing games released in 2024 (pcgamer.com)

Gaming, Steam, Statistics

6 points by haunter 190 days ago | 0 comments

The return of Steam Machines? Valve rolls out new "Powered by SteamOS" branding (arstechnica.com)
New branding guidelines suggest official third-party hardware support is imminent.

Gaming, Hardware, Valve, Steam, Operating Systems

10 points by AndrewDucker 204 days ago | 0 comments

UK counter-terrorism unit demands Steam withdraw controversial shooter from sale (eurogamer.net)
Valve has removed a game from its British Steam storefront following a request from the UK's counter-terrorism unit.

Counter-Terrorism, Video Games, Censorship, United Kingdom, Steam

61 points by healsdata 208 days ago | 101 comments

Steam Deck hits 17,000 games playable and verified (gamingonlinux.com)
Another big milestone has been reached by Valve with their handheld Linux gaming PC, with the Steam Deck hitting 17,000 games rated playable or verified.

Gaming, Hardware, Linux, Steam, Valve

80 points by WhyNotHugo 208 days ago | 47 comments

That lawsuit against Steam's 30% cut of game sales is now a class action (rockpapershotgun.com)
An on-going lawsuit against Valve about Steam's "anti-competitive" practices and especially, its infamous 30% per-game revenue cut, has taken an interesting twist.

Video Games, Lawsuits, Business, Steam

7 points by pjmlp 210 days ago | 0 comments

Steam cuts the cord for legacy Windows and macOS (theregister.com)
The latest Steam client finally delivers on the warning from January, dropping support for several older OS versions.

Steam, Operating Systems, Software, Technology, Gaming

10 points by LinuxBender 218 days ago | 1 comments

Save 100% on Half-Life 2 on Steam (steampowered.com)
1998. HALF-LIFE sends a shock through the game industry with its combination of pounding action and continuous, immersive storytelling. Valve's debut title wins more than 50 game-of-the-year awards on its way to being named "Best PC Game Ever" by PC Gamer, and launches a franchise with more than eight million retail units sold worldwide.

Gaming, Sales, Steam, Half-Life

5 points by yq 222 days ago | 2 comments